Švenčionėliai (pronunciationⓘ) is a city in Švenčionys district municipality, Lithuania 10 km west of Švenčionys. The river Žeimena flows through Švenčionėliai.
In 1940, there were around 1000 Jews in Švenčionėliai, i.e. 20 percent of the total population. All of them were murdered in October 1941 in the Švenčionėliai massacre.[2][unreliable source?]
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